Tyler Ott

BIOGRAPHY

Tyler Ott was born on February 28th, 1992 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is a long snapper in the NFL.

Ott played high school football at Jenks High School in Jenks, Oklahoma, and college football at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was originally signed by the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2014. While attending Jenks High School, Ott was a three-year letter winner in football, basketball and track and field. During his high school career, he was a three-year captain in football, and a senior captain in basketball and track and field. He threw shot put and discus in track and field, and ended his career with personal records of 50 feet 2 inches in shot put and 148 feet 9 inches in discus. He would play in three football state championships, winning one in 2007 defeating Tulsa Union High School 42-24. Ott played college football at Harvard University. He was the team's tight end and long snapper all four years. Though he spent his first year at Harvard as a blocking tight end, he would emerge as the team's primary long snapper his sophomore year, and made his first catch as a tight end against Columbia in his junior season. In his senior season, he became one of the two starting tight ends in Harvard's two tight end offense. Following his senior season, Tyler was invited to play in the Senior Bowl after finishing the year with 15 receptions, 188 yards and four touchdowns. On October 28, 2013, he was named National Tight End of the Week by College performance awards, after catching three touchdowns in Harvard's triple overtime game against Princeton. His three touchdowns against Princeton tied Harvard's record for single game touchdown receptions. He graduated from Harvard in 2014 with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Economics and a minor in Environmental Science & Public Policy. 

The New England Patriots signed Ott as an undrafted free agent on May 16, 2014. On December 31, 2015, the New York Giants signed Ott to the active roster, after long snappers Zak DeOssie and Danny Aiken suffered season-ending injuries. Ott became the first Harvard Crimson football player to play for the Giants. On January 3, 2017, Ott signed with the Seattle Seahawks. Ott joined the Baltimore Ravens in 2023.